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“I don’t think anybody’s more qualified to be president or win this race than me,” Mr Biden said. President Joe Biden’s Friday night TV interview does not seem to have quelled an uprising within his own party to end his re-election campaign after a halting debate performance against Donald Trump. A fifth House Democrat, Angie Craig of Minnesota, on Saturday joined colleagues in calling for the president to step aside, and reports suggest more could follow. In his rare prime-time ABC News interview, Mr Biden dismissed his debate performance as just a “bad episode” and said only the “Lord…
By Agency Report This significant honour highlights Nigeria’s leadership and strong commitment to advancing Africa’s energy goals. The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) says Nigeria’s selection as the host of the African Energy Bank (AEB) headquarters highlights Nigeria’s leadership and strong commitment to advancing Africa’s energy goals. The IPPG also congratulated the Federal Government on the momentous occasion of Nigeria being selected as the host of the headquarters of the African Energy Bank. The IPPG Chairman, Abdulrazaq Isa made this known on Saturday while congratulating Nigeria on the feat. He said, ”This significant honour highlights Nigeria’s leadership and…
By Halimah Olamide If he believes that raising phantom accusations against the Commission will sacre it from diligently prosecuting his case, he is mistaken as no amount of scaremongering will deter the Commission from pursuing the case to logical conclusion The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has described as a “sinking man” Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) for accusing the commission of corruption. Mompha, who had responded to the commission’s claim of finding over N35bn in his accounts, described the EFCC as the most useless government agency. EFCC called Mompha’s comment as “malicious and unsubstantiated.” The EFCC said Mompha’s…
By Agency Report In the report, the medium had claimed that the Federal Government had signed an agreement with clauses requiring Nigeria to endorse the rights of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex(LGBTQI+) people. The Federal Government says it will drag the Daily Trust Newspapers to the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria(NPAN) over its publication on the Samoa agreement. Mr Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, who gave this hint on Saturday in Abuja, said that government would also approach the court over the report he described as “fake and mischievous.” The News Agency of…
By Halimah Olamide “It is necessary to assure Nigerians that Tinubu’s administration, being a rule-based government, will not enter into any international agreement that will be detrimental to the interest of the country and its citizens,” Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and Planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has dismissed media report claiming that the Samoa partnership agreement signed June 28 has endorsed the rights of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer(LGBTQ), people in Nigeria. He also debunked claims that Nigeria would receive 150 billion for entering into the deal. He stated this in Abuja on Saturday at a press briefing. Also present…
Agency Report The Police Command in Ekiti has banned any unlawful gathering in the state following reports of plan by a cult group to celebrate its anniversary on July 7. This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Akinwale Adeniran, made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti. “It has come to the notice of the command that a group of criminally minded individuals particularly cult members of a particular confraternity have concluded plans to celebrate on July 7, a day which is popularly called 7/7. “Information at our disposal is that on that day of…
By Halimah Olamide New Prime Minister of Britain, Keir Starmer has held his first cabinet meeting on Saturday 24 hours after his party, The Labour, won the general election. His election marked the end of the reign of Rishi Shunak the Conservative Party which had held rule for 14 years. The new Prime Minister was seen in a meeting with his new appointees. He started his appointments into key positions few hours after being declared the winner on Friday. In a tweet Starmer made himself, he said “Country first, party second. I held my first Cabinet meeting this morning. My…
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigerians have been thrown into darkness again as the national grid suffered another collapse afternoon of Saturday. It was the fourth time the system was experiencing another failure in the year 2024. According to electricity distribution companies, the system collapsed occurred at about 3pm. In a statement, Kaduna Electric, which serves Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, said, “We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to System Collapse of the National Grid. Also the Ikeja Electric announced the system collapse in a tweet Saturday evening. https://x.com/IkejaElectric/status/1809647609608565030 …
By Halimah Olamide ”It is important to note that Sophia did not instigate this court action and is only seeking to protect their daughter and ensure that there is a structured, safe and sustainable manner in which father and child can engage with each other. Publisher of the Ovation and an Uncle to the mother of David Adeleke (Davido) daughter, Chief Dele Momodu, has said the two must take their dispute over their child custody off the media space. Momodu, a known celebrity journalist, said the media attention being generated by the exchange between the Afrobeat singer and his ‘baby…
Agency Report Residents of Ibadan have appealed to Oyo State Government to intensify more efforts in sensitising the public on dangers inherent in cholera epidemic. The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, said that many people in the state were ignorant about the disease, hence the need for adequate sensitisation. Mrs Oluwatoyin Adeyemi, a nurse, stressed the need for government to be proactive on issues like cholera, to save people from falling victims. She also called on stakeholders and heads of various markets to join government in the sensitisation of the public on…